Gobey Early Origins

The surname Gobey was first found in Dorset, where thee family was anciently seated as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. However, many Saxon surnames survived and the family name Gobey was first referenced in the year 1327, when Nicholas Gopheye held estates in Somerset whence they had moved from Dorset.

Gobey Spelling Variations

Gobey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guppy, Goobie, Gophy, Gophie, Guppey, Gooby, Goby, Gobey, Guby, Gube and many more.

Gobey Early History

Gobey Early History

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Gobey Early Notables (pre 1700)

Gobey Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Guppie, who came to Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1653; Wm Guppy, who settled in Barbados in 1685; John Guppy, who immigrated to Maryland in 1771; Samuel Guppy, who was living in New York in 1834.

Contemporary Notables of the name Gobey (post 1700)

Contemporary Notables of the name Gobey (post 1700)

Stanley Clarke Gobey (1916-1992), English cricketer who played first-class cricket in two matches for Warwickshire in 1946

D.W. Gobey, New Zealand field assistant on the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1966-67, eponym of Mount Gobey, Antarctica

The Gobey Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Gobey Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.